Effective strategies for talking about climate change in the classroom
Issue 354 | Page 25 | Published Sep 2014
Description
How discussion can help students to understand and consider energy problems. Teaching about climate science presents some unique challenges. Unlike many other science topics, mitigation and adaptation to climate change will require students to take action. This article outlines five major challenges to communicating about climate change in the classroom, drawing on research in environmental psychology: scepticism, complexity, uncertainty, scale and emotion. Strategies for effective communication, drawn from research, are also presented.
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